University of London

The complainant requested information relating to current Taiwanese President Tsai Ing Wen’s student record. The public authority provided some information in response to the request, but stated the remainder was not held. The Commissioner’s decision is that on the balance of probabilities the University does hold further information under section 1(1)(a) FOIA in relation to the request and breached section 10(1) FOIA as it failed to provide a response within the statutory time for compliance. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: the University of London must either disclose the further information it holds in relation to part 1 of the request, or issue a refusal notice that complies with section 17 of the FOIA.